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Lots and lots of snow to throw!

By Cristian Cano | February 22, 2017

It was 1:45 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12 when I first heard the rumors. In my floor’s GroupMe, someone had sent a picture of a poem, written in the familiar style of Dr. Seuss, announcing a midnight snowball fight on the Green.

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Reliving Dartmouth past

By Morgan Sandhu | February 22, 2017

During First-Year Trips, like most Dartmouth students, I wrote myself a letter. Unlike many of my peers, I wrote this letter quite seriously, pouring my soul out to my future self who would receive it six months from then.

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Guo: "100 nights" before graduation

By Clara Guo | February 22, 2017

We drive along the Hudson River, having already said goodbye to the privacy of a house rented by eight West Point “firsties” for the weekend.

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Wien: Searching for the golden spike

By Elise Wien | February 22, 2017

In my geography class, we learn that geologists use golden spikes to demarcate the beginning of a new geologic epoch.

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The biocultural impacts of rites of passage

By Andrew Sosanya | February 22, 2017

Everyone has gone through a rite of passage in their life, whether it be graduating high school, getting their first driver’s license or even just having their first kiss.

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Lest the old traditions fail

By Alison Hagen | February 22, 2017

“Did you know the ‘Lou’s challenge’ isn’t free?” my friend asked as we passed by Lou’s restaurant. “Of course,” I replied, baffled.

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Editor's Note

By Michaela Ledoux , Lucy Tantum and Alexandra Pattillo | February 22, 2017

We talk a lot about the quintessential Dartmouth “rites of passage” throughout this issue, like staying up all night to eat Lou’s, swimming across the river naked or jumping in freezing water over Carnival.

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Letting their voices be heard

By Cristian Cano | February 15, 2017

V-February is Dartmouth’s month-long initiative to educate the community about issues related to gender and sexuality, including violence against females, in the month of February.

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Let's talk about sex: Q&A with Cindy Pierce

By Jaden Young | February 15, 2017

Cindy Pierce is a social sexuality educator who uses humorous storytelling to encourage more enjoyable, safer and healthier sex. Pierce is a busy person.

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Guo: I love you, too

By Clara Guo | February 15, 2017

 I’m sitting on my bed wearing a large flannel over a free t-shirt. My laptop is open. There is only one noun on my Word document: “Love...” My friend walks into my room.

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Investigating the Dartmouth Seven

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne | February 15, 2017

Out of all the time-honored campus traditions, the “Dartmouth Seven” holds the prize as one of the most controversial and talked about amongst students and alums alike.

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You should go and love yourself

By Andrew Sosanya | February 15, 2017

When Week 7 has got you down, what do you do? Some wrap themselves in blankets and binge-watch the next season of “Grey’s Anatomy,” and others head out to the nearest party down frat row.

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Caring for other brings benefits

By Chloe Jennings | February 15, 2017

For most Dartmouth students, Valentine’s Day elicits images of heart-shaped chocolates and cozy dinners at Pine.

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Wien: Love is an asymptote

By Elise Wien | February 15, 2017

The book of love is long and boring / No one can lift the damn thing / It’s full of charts and facts and figures / And instructions for dancing / But I, I love it when you read to me / And you, you can read me anything. — The Magnetic Fields Love is a tenuous term.

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Trail magic

By Cristian Cano | February 8, 2017

The Appalachian Trail, commonly called the A.T., is an arduous trek spanning over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.

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The future is in your hands

By Alison Hagen | February 8, 2017

Just for a second, take yourself back to the elementary school playground. Do you remember how easy it was to be a psychic when you were a child?

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Women of color bring magic to campus

By Andrew Sosanya | February 8, 2017

During her sophomore year, Tsion Abera ’17 grew frustrated by the lack of hair care for black women around campus.

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Guo: Half a second of magic

By Clara Guo | February 8, 2017

I tie my left skate before my right, tightening and retightening my laces until the calluses on the outside of my pinkies turn red with aggravation.

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Wien: The coven

By Elise Wien | February 8, 2017

In religion classes we learn that calling something magic is a way to delegitimize it. If what’s happening here is religion (holy, legitimate), what’s happening there is magic (profane, illegitimate). Kayuri brings a statuette of an owl into our room.

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Flowchart: Which Harry Potter house are you in?

By Lucy Tantum | February 8, 2017

If getting a house community scarf wasn’t exciting enough for you, imagine being sorted into a house at Hogwarts.

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